Prior to the rise of K-pop and Hallyu, the fashion industry rarely selects Korean celebrities much more a K-pop idol to represent the top luxury brands. However, with the skyrocketing influence and power of K-pop groups and idols throughout the world, the following fashion houses and companies noticed these following personalities and made them their Korean and global ambassadors!
In the K-pop industry, celebrities, and idols having stage names are not shocking. However, the following K-pop idols seem like they are using their real name as their idol’s name, but they are actually not! See the list and you will surely be surprised to know that it is only their stage names!
There is just no slowing down for BLACKPINK! On October 12, Monday, it was announced that BLACKPINK has broken a Billboard Charts record.
On October 10, Saturday, it was announced that BLACKPINK's first full-length studio album "THE ALBUM" debuted in the Top 10 of the two world's largest music markets - the United Kingdom and Germany.
On October 6, Tuesday, Korean netizens shared some scans from BLACKPINK's "THE ALBUM" photobook. In the post, they praised said photobook for being the "best one in history", praising how nicely the girls were photographed. The post has since gone viral on the online community forum, with people agreeing with the original poster.
Fans on an online community voting website selected which foreign K-pop idol is their favorite. This list contains idols who are foreigners and it does not contain idols who are ethnically Korean but were born outside of South Korea. However, this list does contain idols who are half-Korean.
Compiling answers from various online communities, these following K-pop idols play the most important role in their groups, according to various netizens and fans; thus, without them, there will be a huge empty spot in their team.
Fans selected who they believe are K-pop's visual queens for the year 2020 through King's Choice. Wanna know who made it to the TOP 10? Read on!
Most of the time, K-pop idols who are close to each other are often deemed to have a relationship more than friends in particular. However, it is not always the scenario for many K-pop fans as some male and female K-pop duos are just as cute as siblings for their eyes!
On Tuesday, top luxury and French brand Celine introduced BLACKPINK Lisa as Celine’s official global ambassador starting this 2020 F/W season! Lisa is considered a celebrity who has consistently formed a deep bond with Celine.
The Korean Business Research Institute has released its brand reputation rankings for girl group members for the month of September. To select which idols make the list, they analyzed trends such as consumer participation, community awareness, and news coverage.
The glow up of these K-pop idols are indeed amazing! K-pop idols are often praised for their stunning visuals, but did you know that just like ordinary people, some idols also experienced the phase of "glow up"? You will be shocked how they transformed into visual gods and goddesses!
K-Pop, being the incredibly engaging genre of music, requires performers to have hardcore stage presence to leave an indelible mark on an audience, but it is just that much harder to stand out. However, these idols have successfully done that and with grace!
Friendships are always magical. Here are some idol friendships that are truly special. (Photo : Naver) Friendship is a beautiful thing. It does not see any boundaries and is pure.
Pets can always be some of the best companions, especially when you're living away from family. Here are some of the most famous idol pets.
Bang Chan is known as Stray Kids' social butterfly. Other than his fellow JYP Entertainment labelmates, he's been spotted being friendly with artists from other groups, such as AB6IX's Woong, KARD's BM, IZ*ONE's Chaeyeon, MONSTA X's Shownu, THE BOYZ's Younghoon, and more. Well, it looks like we can add another idol to that list - BLACKPINK's Lisa!
To be able to debut as a K-pop idol, you need to be fluent in Korean. This said, most foreign idols have advanced Korean skills. These idols, however, take it to the next level, with most people confusing them as Korean natives due to how fluent they are in the language!
In this new era of the Korean pop industry, K-pop is not just a music genre anymore, and idols weren't just entertainers only as well. In some rare occasions, K-pop groups connect the leaders around the world, and even brought immense contributions to the success of the economy, may it be of a country or by large corporations.
In K-pop, it is really amusing to see pairs of K-pop idols that resemble each other, wherein they could even pass as siblings due to their similar features! However, if you think that's exciting already, what could be your reaction if you see a non-K-pop idol, rather, a passerby who looks exactly like BLACKPINK members?
WIth how big K-pop is in Japan, it's no surprise some idols have achieved major success in the country. According to the Japanese public, these are the most famous K-pop idols in the country.